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Rambam MedTech Ltd. Facilitates Several Medical Research and Innovation Projects
July 18, 2021 – The activities of Rambam MedTech Ltd. have advanced a number of significant medical research and development initiatives conceived by Rambam physician-scientists over the past few months. Patient-driven research and innovation are of vital importance at Rambam Health Care Campus. To enable the transformation of innovative ideas into leading products on the global level, Rambam established Rambam MedTech – the hospital’s technology transfer company. Rambam MedTech is authorized by the Israeli government…
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Girl Born with Rare Fragile Bone Disorder Learns to Walk
July 11, 2021 – Thanks to doctors in the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus, a young girl diagnosed with a disorder that causes her bones to break easily recently took her very first steps. Adele Ben Haim, a five-year-old girl born with a rare genetic disorder that causes her bones to be very fragile, recently walked and danced at her kindergarten graduation party. For Adele, this was an inconceivable accomplishment only a…
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New Device Allows Rambam Physiotherapists to Treat Bedridden and Unconscious Patients
June 28, 2021 – An innovative new therapy device that helps physiotherapists and medical staff to “physically activate” patients was recently introduced successfully in the Department of Critical Care at Rambam Health Care Campus. Physiotherapists working with patients in Rambam’s Department of Critical Care received a boost recently in the form of a new therapy device. The Bemo, which is produced by the Germany-based Thera-Trainer, is the most advanced device of its kind in Israel.…
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Rambam Doctors Replace Heart Valve in 97-year-old Man
June 24, 2021 – Doctors in the Unit for Interventional Cardiology at Rambam Health Care Campus recently broke a record they set several months ago by replacing a heart valve for a 97-year-old Haifa resident. The previous record was a similar operation performed successfully on a 95-year-old patient. Moshe Almani, an active, articulate man, felt ill and was hospitalized in one of Rambam’s Departments of Internal Medicine due to chest pain and difficulty breathing during…
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Rambam Signs Cooperation Agreement with Shizim Biomed Group Headed by Former Mossad Head
June 17, 2021 – An agreement signed between Rambam Health Care Campus and the Shizim Biomed Group will enhance Rambam’s ability to create and market innovative medtech solutions. Rambam Health Care Campus General Director Dr. Michael Halberthal and Tamir Pardo, Chairman of the Shizim Biomed Group and former head of the Mossad, signed a cooperative agreement to promote projects in the digital health and medical technology fields. “We have signed an agreement designed to identify…
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Family Donates Blood Platelets Together at Rambam
June 17, 2021 – In honor of World Blood Donor Day, an Israeli medical device import company and the owners’ family donated platelets at Rambam Health Care Campus in memory of the company’s founder. Employees of the Israeli medical device import company Bepex celebrated World Blood Donor Day by donating blood platelets in the Blood Bank and Platelet Donation Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus. Platelets are the cells responsible for blood clotting, and people…
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New at Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital – Colorful Chemotherapy Infusion Stands
June 7, 2021 – Colorful new infusion stands for chemotherapy are adding an element of fun to the Joan & Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus. Those who visited the Joan & Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital this morning glimpsed a particularly colorful therapeutic innovation that has recently come into use…
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New Clinic Enhancing Options for Natural Birth Opens
June 3, 2021 – A recently opened clinic at Rambam helps alleviate the need for Cesarean sections in pregnancies where the baby is in either breech or bottom first position. In approximately 3% of all pregnancies, the unborn baby is in either a bottom first or breech position. Frequently, such pregnancies end in a Cesarean section because vaginal delivery would put the baby or mother at risk. However, in many instances, a vaginal birth is…
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Rambam Introduces Device to Reduce Unnecessary Surgery and Pain in Children
May 30, 2021 – The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus has recently started using ultrasound as an effective tool in the diagnosis of jaw infections in children. The new approach is helping to reduce surgeries and unnecessary pain and suffering among Rambam’s youngest patients. Over the past several weeks, the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, under the leadership of Professor Adi Rachmiel has begun using an innovative Philips…
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Rambam’s Teams Send Messages of Peace and Coexistence
May 18, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus, the largest hospital in the north, is a symbol of and a model for coexistence. This can be seen among its employees—who represent all denominations and beliefs—and among its patients, who come from all over the country and other parts of the Middle East. This coexistence has withstood the test of many such crises, with Rambam serving as a bridge that brings people and hearts together. Following…
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Rambam Must Be Ready At a Moment’s Notice
May 13, 2021 The calm was shattered in an instant. Missiles have reached Hertzliya, with Hamas saying Haifa is next… Disturbances, uncertainty, and injured countrywide. Rambam Health Care Campus is now on High Alert. Being prepared is not an option when lives are at stake. In the last 24 hours our emergency department has received 21 people wounded in disturbances. The threat of war is real, and we are preparing to move patients into the Sammy…
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New Center for Treatment of Emotional Trauma at Rambam
May 13, 2021 – The new Center for Treatment of Emotional and Psychological Trauma replaces the hospital’s previous unit, formerly located in the Stone Building. Due to a rise in the number of patients requiring treatment for psychological trauma, Rambam Health Care Campus recently inaugurated a new Center for the Treatment of Emotional and Psychological Trauma in the “Amot” Building, located near the hospital campus. The new facility replaces the unit’s former home in Rambam’s…
